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Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin isn’t that popular in College Station right now after fans watched the Aggies blow a 34-point lead to lose to UCLA Sunday night. Tony Buzbee, a long-time A&M regent, even said he’d vote to fire Sumlin,

But a former Longhorns coach used social media Monday morning to defend Sumlin.

Gene Chizik wants Sumlin to know he has his back. Chizik was Texas’ defensive coordinator when the Longhorns won the national title in 2005. He moved on to become the head coach at Iowa State, then led Auburn to the national title in 2010.

Chizik was fired at Auburn after the 2012 season. He now is an analyst for the SEC Network.

On Monday morning, Chizik began tweeting:

Football is the greatest team sport on the planet. It is an escape for fans to get away from life. However, it is not LIFE. #sumlin 1/5